Infi Dive Knife

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BubbaThud

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I have a friend in the military for whom I supply Infi and info about Busse, (new knives, what his collection is worth, etc). This friend is leaving South Korea next year, and heading to Diego Garcia, (a coral atoll in the Indian Ocean...genuine tropical island style).

While there he plans to snorkel, and possibly take up scubaing, and he wants some Infi there with him. I'm pretty sure there is no official "Dive knife" by Busse, but is there something that will work? I have no idea about any kind of underwater activities, so I'm not really sure what one uses a "Dive knife" for, nor what is required, (aside from resistance to saltwater) to be a good "Dive knife".

So...anyone scuba? Anyone scuba or snorkel with a Busse? Anyone have any opinions about this subject at all? He's not sure if he can bring anything, because the island is a british colony, and you know how the UK is about pointy things that you could put someone's eye out with, but if he can bring a knife, he wants it to be a Busse.

Thanks much,

--BubbaThud
 
Hmmmm...I have a few spine-serrated military dive knives. So, all I can add is "something serrated". That doesn't really narrow it down for you though. What about the Stealth Hawk made out of MP45? I know that's hard to come by though...
 
I'd want something a bit more corrosion resistant than INFI for a dive knife.

Back when I used to scuba a long time ago, my dive knife was a relatively cheap hunk of stainless with a line cutter and serrated edge on the back of the blade, and a flat tip that you could use as a screw driver. Basically, you want something that will cut rope and fishing line easily and that makes a good pry bar. Pointy stabby stuff isn't really a priority, except to look cool.
 
Best to try one with as little surface finish as possible -- smooth is better when you need corrosion resistance.

Coated would be good, if you could be sure the coating is secure even under the handles.

I'd also test it first via controlled immersion in brine.

[Really, my first choice would be a stainless rather than INFI...]
 
Nooooo.

Salt Water and INFI do not mix .......I don't see any dive knife being made by Busse anytime soon ...
 
Plus it's so hard to really chop the crap out of something with all of the water resistance.;)
 
While I'm continuously amazed with INFI due to its impossible mix of toughness, hardness and aggressive edge, I wouldn't want a dive knife made of it.

Sea water will make most "stainless" steels rust. There's only one steel that really holds edge well and doesn't rust in salt water, namely H-1 (AKA X15). Benchmade makes a good fixed blade made of it (100H20) that can be had for less than a 100 bucks and is ideal for scuba.

Cheers

Rok
 
maybe one of the new Spyderco H1 Dive Knives? you could use a coated Busse, but the edge would probably rust some and thus lose sharpness.
 
I have heard the reason you don't see many expensive dive knives is that eventually they get dropped.
 
So I've got the no INFI...the big reason I think he thought Busse was the prybar aspect...Busse's are the best prybars as far as knives go imo. I'll direct him to Benchmade; he has a few of their folders. Thanks much for the assist. :)

--BubbaThud
 
SSP>---is dead on! Mission Titanium Knives. 6 years in a tank of salt water and not a hint of rust! I love INFI, but nor for diving. Boker also makes some nice dive knives. Good luck.
 
Rok said:
While I'm continuously amazed with INFI due to its impossible mix of toughness, hardness and aggressive edge, I wouldn't want a dive knife made of it.

Sea water will make most "stainless" steels rust. There's only one steel that really holds edge well and doesn't rust in salt water, namely H-1 (AKA X15). Benchmade makes a good fixed blade made of it (100H20) that can be had for less than a 100 bucks and is ideal for scuba.

Cheers

Rok
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Talonite and Stellite are also good materials for a dive knife. Like H1 there is no carbon in the matrix to rust.

I don't see a problem using INFI as a dive knife. With a little care it would be no problem. Wipe it down with some Marine Tuff Cloth and you should be good to go. A good rinse in some fresh water and some more tuff cloth after the dive is fairly quick and easy. I would imagine that a AD, GW, and even a BATAC would be a pretty good dive knife.
 
I believe Carson made a great talonite or stellite dive knife, if you can find one.
I use a Blackwood talonite and a blackwood stellite for kayaking, but they are somewhat small. Titanium beta is good stuff, but I don't know about prying with it. I haven't tried the H1 knives, but I'd like to.
No doubt we'll see an Infi dive knife, right after the folder appears.
 
Titanium will flex farther than steel before it will rupture. Go 'head---pry!
 
I haven't done scuba diving yet with this one but soon I will try it out.
I got this one as my diving knife:

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PS: With good care for your knife, like cleaning after the dive, I don't see any problems for rust on INFI...
 
I actually use the Benchmade dive knife when free diving or spear fishing...it's a great knife with excellent corrosion resistance and the serrations come in handy for line or rope and the tip is great for any prying as it's broad, thick and rounded. I got mine for like $40 off that auction site...it's got a neon g10 handle too so you can find it if you drop it. The rig it comes with is great too ;) For NEARLY everything else I like Busse, but for dive....you can't go wrong with that knife....plus you won't agonize if you loose it :p I never want to feel like Cobalt probably did when he lost his SHBM while boating in the river :(
 
I use the Benchmade H20 as my main dive knife. Its a great knife and has all the features a dive knife needs: sharp blade, serrations, not pointy, bright handle, corrosion resistant and a lanyard hole. I think a busse would work if it had a G10 handle and you cleaned it afterwards.

On a side note, I have a paracord leash on my knife that I keep tied in a chain sinnet so it stays out of the way when not in use. This could help any if your afraid of dropping it.

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